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Title: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: 6233638 on June 16, 2014, 12:45:04 pm

For the last few versions, it seems that the installer is trying to connect to the internet.
As it's happening from a temporary directory, my firewall sees these as unique applications each time it runs, so it's filling up the blocked applications list every time I update.
 
Is there a reason for this change?

Title: Re: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: JimH on June 16, 2014, 12:47:48 pm

Did you change the firewall?

Title: Re: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: Matt on June 16, 2014, 12:48:10 pm

What URL is it requesting?

Title: Re: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: 6233638 on June 16, 2014, 12:56:18 pm

I don't know what it was requesting, just that it's trying to connect to 216.14.187.162 (http://whois.domaintools.com/216.14.187.162)
I use Windows 8 Firewall Control (http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html), which is just an add-on for the built in Windows Firewall that blocks access by default, and displays a permissions window whenever an application tries to make a connection.
 
Because the installer is different every time, it sees it as a new application trying to open a connection.
It's not causing any problems per-se, it's just an annoyance, and it only started happening a few versions back.

Title: Re: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: Matt on June 16, 2014, 01:01:16 pm

This is quite unexpected.  I just ran Fiddler, which is a tool to show connections, and there were no connections when doing an install.  You could install Fiddler (fiddlertool.com) and report what URL is being requested.

Title: Re: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: newsposter on June 16, 2014, 01:08:37 pm

ARIN records say that IP is owned by JR

Title: Re: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: 6233638 on June 16, 2014, 01:30:48 pm

Quote from: newsposter on June 16, 2014, 01:08:37 pm

ARIN records say that IP is owned by JR

Yes, it's nothing to be concerned about, it's just that it only started happening in the last few builds and I wondered if there was a reason for it.

Title: Re: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: Matt on June 16, 2014, 01:33:44 pm

Quote from: 6233638 on June 16, 2014, 01:30:48 pm

I wondered if there was a reason for it.

Please install Fiddler and post your results.

Title: Re: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: 6233638 on June 16, 2014, 02:26:26 pm

Quote from: Matt on June 16, 2014, 01:33:44 pm

Please install Fiddler and post your results.

Strange - it isn't reporting anything for the Media Center installer.

Title: Re: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: Matt on June 18, 2014, 11:14:07 am

Just a gentle bump.  I'd like to get to the bottom of this one.

Title: Re: Installer trying to connect to the internet?
Post by: 6233638 on June 18, 2014, 01:36:14 pm

I updated to the latest version today and nothing popped up in the firewall.
So if Fiddler didn't see anything, and it's not supposed to be making a connection, I have to assume it was an error in Win8FirewallControl. ?